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Author. Brahmamuni alias Vinayadeva Suri. He was born in V. S. 1568 in Malava. His father's name was Padmaraja and that of his mother Sitade. He was a prince of Calukya dynasty. He was initiated as a Jaina monk by Rangamanḍana Gani of Añcala gaccha and was named as 5 Vinayadeva Suri by Vijayadeva, his satirthya. He died in V. S. 1646 at Barhānapura His guru's name was Pasa - canda. For details see Vinayadeva-suri-rasa composed by his pupil Manaji Rṣi.
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This Brahmamuni has commented upon the follow- 10 ing works, in Sanskrit :--
(1) जम्बुद्दीवपण्णन्ति . '
( 2 ) दसासुयक्खन्ध. 2
( 3 ) पक्खियसुत.
His Gujarati works are as under
1 अजापुत्ररास
2 अढारपापस्थान परिहार भाषा ( ? स )
3 उत्तराध्ययन सर्व अध्ययन स०
4 जिननेमिनाथ ४४ ढालनं वीवाहलु
5 जिनप्रतिमास्थापन प्रबन्ध
6 सुदर्शनशेठचरित्रचोपड़
7 सुमतिना गिलरास
8 सुधर्मगच्छपरीक्षा.
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Subject. -- Lives of the four Pratyekabuddhas mentioned on p. 94. Begins. fol. 1° ६० ॥ श्रीशारवा (? दा ) ई नमः ।
दूहा
जिण चवीसइ पयकमल मनिइं धरी ह [ र्के ]र्षे नमेसु सुगूरूवचन शुभ मंत्र जिम हियडा मांहि धरेसु १
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There are some additional Gujarati works composed by this author. Some of them are mentioned in Jaina Gurjara 25 Kavio ( Vol. I, p. 153 ).
1 See D C G C M (Vol. XVII, pt. 1, Nos. 249-250 ). 2 See D C G C M (Vol. XVII, pt. 2, Nos. 492-493).
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